Technology and the Arts Resources

George Viebranz is the STEM education consultant for the SMART Consortium at ideastream. He has taught mathematics, science and educational technology at middle grades, high school and college levels. He served on the advisory team for the recent Ohio Science Standards, and is currently assisting in the state roll-out of science standards as a NE Regional Content Facilitator. Today George will walk you through the levels of cognitive demand that are being used for the development new science assessments and give a couple of examples of ways that technology and engineering design can be integrated into the science classroom.

George Viebranz

ideastream(r) Education Team
WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream(r)
1375 Euclid Avenue, Mail Stop LL
Cleveland, OH 44115
216.916.6424 (Voice)
216.916.6425 (Fax)
440.537.6683 (Mobile)
george.viebranz@ideastream.org

Resource Files

Viebranz Science Materials

TodaysMeet Feed from Session # 2

Posted on December 1, 2011 by eajohansson

Here’s the feed from the back-channel questions / resources, etc. from today:

http://todaysmeet.com/AALT

Thursday’s Agenda

Posted on November 30, 2011 by eajohansson

This session will focus on Social Studies with an emphasis on using technology to solve educational problems.

Agenda

08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome, Introductions and Overview
09:30 – 10:05 Deep Learning: Teaching Cleveland
10:05 – 10:40 Implementing 21st Century Skills in the Social Studies
10:40 – 11:15 Online/Interactive Social Studies Textbooks (IVC)
11:15 – 11:30 Questions and Answers

Session Presenters

Greg Deegan, Teaching Cleveland Institute & Beachwood High School Social Studies
Mike Pennington, Teachers for Tomorrow – Chardon Middle School
Garth Holman, Teachers for Tomorrow – Beachwood Middle School
Mark Butler, Ohio Historical Society

Academy for Administrative Leadership in Technology (AALT) – Session 2

Posted on November 28, 2011 by eajohansson

21st Century Technology: Featuring Techniques for Transforming Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies

Date: December 1, 2011 , 9:00 – 11:30 AM

Price: Individual Registration: $25.00/person; Site Registration: $75.00/site

This session will focus on 21st technology techniques for working collaboration and critical thinking!

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Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 AM: Registration
9:00 – 9:30 AM: Welcome, Introductions and Overview
9:30 – 10:05 AM: Deep Learning: Teaching Cleveland
10:05 – 10:40 AM: Implementing 21st Century Skills in the Social Studies
10:40 – 11:15 AM: Online/Interactive Social Studies Textbooks
11:15 – 11:30 AM: Questions and Answers

Session Presenters

Greg Deegan, Teaching Cleveland Institute & Beachwood High School Social Studies
Mike Pennington, Teachers for Tomorrow – Chardon Middle School
Garth Holman, Teachers for Tomorrow – Beachwood Middle School
Mark Butler, Ohio Historical Society

Registration & Questions

Please contact Bonnie Bertschinger at (216) 901-4229 or by email.

Professional Development

Contact Hours: 2.5
Graduate credit available.

This is the 2nd session in a series – Session III, “Science and the Common Core” will be held on January 18, 2011!